Wednesday, September 19, 2007

The Joy of Giving

Once upon a time, a couple who lived in the carnal valleys of San Bernardino gave birth to Fudrucker. The mom and dad were adventurous and married happily- while the mom was eight-months pregnant, she insisted on a romantic trip in the wilderness of Mt. Whitney, CA. The husband being not so informed about the expected baby and that it looked like his wife was adding on a few pounds shrugged his shoulders.

Having an open mind, his parents felt that their child should start learning to get along with other kids early. The dad Peter, was a local sports columnist and his brunette-haired wife Mary Jane was a former baby sitter. Peter put up an ad in his paper and to his dismay received a lot of requests from parents with similar interests. At the age of two-in-a-half, Fudrucker became a master at ingeniously stealing from other toddlers around his age. His parents bought him a bag of toys to share with his playmates and asked their parents to bring toddler toys with them. What Fudrucker's parents didn't notice was that his toy bag would always be a little heavier when his playmate left their home. They didn't notice Fudrucker's mischievousness until they started realizing toys they hadn't even bought. It put them through a lot of trouble in calling back all of his grieving playmates' parents because it had happened for a whole year.

As Fudrucker started aging into a kindergartner, his mother started becoming more attentive to him. One day, as Mary Jane looked through the toy bag and noticed a tonka truck that wasn't his, she became appalled by Fudrucker's whining and that Fudrucker insisted the toy had belonged to him. Being embarrassed, Mary Jane apologized to the other parent for her son's inconsiderateness and promised it would never happen again. During the next session, Mary Jane decided to emphasize on her son respecting her playmate's belongings. She routinely became accustomed to relocating the toddlers' belongings, before the end of the day to avoid breaking her oath.

School had finally begun for Fudrucker, and his dad Peter who once was a bully would always preach to him each morning to not pick on his classmates. Mary Jane started building good relationships as a devoted caregiver with the community of toddler and kindergartner parents. Her schedule became booked each day and started wondering if she should start charging a nominal fee to buy early-learning children's material. Mary Jane also became more crafted at preparing bakery goods and soon, expected a second child.

One day to the astonishment of Mary Jane, she noticed that her son's favorite toy was missing in the bag. At the end of the day, she started pondering and looking for it at all possible areas in the estate property. She decided to let it sit and thought that it would show up again sometime. As days went on, she noticed that her son wasn't playing with it each day and was nowhere to be found. At dinner time, she couldn't resist but bring the issue up with Fudrucker and Peter.

Fudrucker started explaining about how his playmate who had no new toys to share. Mary Jane later accounted his classmate's parents were struggling to stay in the working class. It soon became evident that Fudrucker had given his favorite toy to an unfortunate classmate who didn't have the luxury of toys. Mary Jane realized the generosity her son had developed and became touched in her heart.